# SetActiveField Method

## Overloads

| [SetActiveField(Int32)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericDimension.SetActiveField.htm#Qlik_Engine_GenericDimension_SetActiveField_System_Int32_) |  | Set a cyclic dimension's active field directly. |
| --- | --- | --- |

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericDimension.SetActiveField.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericDimension.SetActiveField.htm)

## SetActiveField(Int32)

Set a cyclic dimension's active field directly.

### Declaration

```

          public void SetActiveField([QixName("qIx")] int ix)
    
  
```

### Parameters

| Type | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| System.Int32 | ix | Index of the new active field. |

### Implements

[IGenericDimension.SetActiveField(Int32)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IGenericDimension.SetActiveField.htm#Qlik_Engine_IGenericDimension_SetActiveField_System_Int32_)

### Remarks

This operation is only possible for cyclic dimensions.